Controlling drinking is an impossibility for an alcoholic. A homeward-bound inebriate, drove his car into the ornamental fountain in the city square. As the...
Ever wonder if those who use profanity in meetings to get their message across use the same filthy language when they pray? A fellow going home one night from...
It is not so much what is said in a meeting but the "feeling" in the meeting. Just a slight case of misunderstanding. A policeman was investigating a burglary...
Don't live to stay sober, stay sober to live. A pair of middle-aged men had been pouring them down at a tavern one night. Toward closing time, one of the duo...
Communicating in the language of the heart and applying the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions has kept A.A. alive. A skid-row derelict who was panhandling one...
Accountability and honesty in our relationships are essential to successful recovery. Judge: "You're charged with habitual drunkenness. What is your excuse?" ...
Addiction is the inability to choose not to do something. People drink more in a bar with mirrors in them, evidently drunks enjoy drinking in company, theirs. ...
Alcohol has a definite color scheme; it gives you a red nose; a black eye; a white liver; a yellow streak; and a blue outlook. A drunk goes into a bar and...
Alcohol is a power greater then ourselves. A temperance preacher tried a new approach to the evils of booze. "My friends," he exhorted, "just think. Think of...
Alcohol is a power greater then ourselves. A temperance preacher tried a new approach to the evils of booze. "My friends," he exhorted, "just think. Think of...
There is no such thing as unsuccessful Twelfth Step work, if it keeps us sober it is a success, if the other person gets into recovery or not. A wealthy CEO...
Acceptance = accepting the fact of a situation and then deciding what we will do about it. A temperance preacher tried a new approach to the evils of booze....
The sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. A female newcomer walked into a intergroup office and saw the...
The sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. A female newcomer walked into a intergroup office and saw the...
Reminder from: alcoholicsrecoveryclub Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholicsrecoveryclub/cal Nick's AA Birthday Sunday June 17, 2007 All Day ...
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There are no shortcuts in A.A. A fellow came home from a bar where he had a few to many and was in a festival mood. He went up the stairs to the bed room and...
The way glasses affect vision depends on whether you wear them or drain them. A wealthy CEO was slumped in his chair after a five-martini lunch when his phone...
Reminder from: alcoholicsrecoveryclub Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholicsrecoveryclub/cal Nick's AA Birthday Sunday June 17, 2007 All Day ...
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Resentment comes from looking at others; contentment comes from looking at God. A female newcomer walked into a intergroup office and saw the literature ...
We should get angry when we see injustice in our world, but most often it comes from a far less noble place-our own self-interest and pride. A fellow who had...
Yesterday's spiritually will not automatically be there the next day; it needs replenished every day. Two thoroughly bombed citizens staggered into an...
God can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose our hearts Prayer is always foundational to wisdom. BIBLICAL WAYS TO ACQUIRE A WIFE 1. Find an attractive...
I believe I sent a message call A Thought About God to this group by mistake. Please excuse the error. I only send these messages to those who want to receive...
Addiction is a disease of isolation and loneliness. A chap stormed into a saloon one night loaded to the gills, and asked to borrow a crowbar. The dome light...
We A.A. members have to conform to the principles of recovery, our lives actually depends upon obedience to spiritual principles. A woman first-timer-to-A.A....
The suffering of an alcoholic is not only the suffering of an individual but of all those related to him, especially those in his immediate family. An...
Our Fellowship offers hope by showing that our solution works. Two guzzlers in a bar were talking. One of them said to the other, "I discovered a remarkable...
Corrections Correspondence Service The Corrections Correspondence Service (CCS) connects AAs on the inside with AAs on the outside. GSO has a waiting list of...